An entrant of smaller fullerene: C56 captured by chlorines and aligned in linear chains.
A smaller fullerene C56 (#913) is stabilized, isolated, and crystallographically characterized as C56Cl10. The geometric parameters of C56Cl10 imply the otherwise unstable cage of C56 can be stabilized by chlorination through releasing its surface strains and maintaining fragmental aromaticity. An unexpected C Cl...ClC short contact, as well as the linear alignment with pearl-necklace-shaped, is revealed in C56Cl10 crystal.
Tan
Yuan-Zhi
YZ
State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
Han
Xiao
X
Wu
Xin
X
Meng
Ye-Yong
YY
Zhu
Feng
F
Qian
Zhuo-Zhen
ZZ
Liao
Zhao-Jiang
ZJ
Chen
Ming-Hui
MH
Lu
Xin
X
Xie
Su-Yuan
SY
Huang
Rong-Bin
RB
Zheng
Lan-Sun
LS